Gigi Yu
Head of Department
Lot 338
A RARE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, DING
Ming Dynasty
29 May 2023, 13:00 HKT
Hong Kong, AdmiraltySold for HK$192,000 inc. premium
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Tracy Hui
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A RARE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, DING
Ming Dynasty
The tri-lobed body raised on three tall cylindrical legs, surmounted by a pair of arch handles, elaborately adorned with gold and silver inlay to depict three taotie masks separated by vertical flanges above a band of cicada lappets, wood stand and cover, wood box.
16.2cm (6 3/8in) high (4).
The tri-lobed body raised on three tall cylindrical legs, surmounted by a pair of arch handles, elaborately adorned with gold and silver inlay to depict three taotie masks separated by vertical flanges above a band of cicada lappets, wood stand and cover, wood box.
16.2cm (6 3/8in) high (4).
Footnotes
明 銅嵌金銀獸面紋三足鼎式爐
Provenance:
Acquired in the Kurashiki area, Japan, by repute
來源：
傳入藏於日本倉敷地區
The present lot takes its inspiration from Shang and Zhou dynasties ritual vessels li ding. See a related example of a gold and silver inlaid archaistic bronze incense burner by Hu Wenming, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Later Chinese Bronzes: The Saint Louis Art Museum and Robert E. Kresko Collections, Saint Louis Art Museum, 2008, no.9.
參考一件明代胡文明款仿古饕餮紋鼎式銅嵌金銀香爐，著錄於《Later Chinese Bronzes: The Saint Louis Art Museum and Robert E. Kresko Collections》，聖路易斯藝術博物館，2008年，編號9。